"Conditions Not Yet Secured to Search Nepal Disappearance Site"; National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee Receives Second Briefing from Foreign Ministry
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- 2026-09-02 20:45:35
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The Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee of the National Assembly visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again on Aug. 2, just two days after its previous visit, to receive a briefing on the search for nine South Korean workers missing after massive flooding in Nepal. Committee Chairman Song Seok-joon and the ruling and opposition party secretaries visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building on Sejong-daero in Seoul that afternoon and received their second briefing, following the first on Aug. 31.
According to the briefing the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee of the National Assembly received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, conditions have not yet been fully secured to search the area where the barracks or camp housing the missing South Korean workers was located.
A land search was conducted around the weir dam, but conditions have not yet been established to intensively search the site where the nine workers lost contact. However, searches are reportedly being carried out with various types of equipment from a nearby powerhouse and higher ground.
The government joint rapid response team secured a foothold in the Ramche area, 2 kilometers downstream from where the South Korean workers lost contact, and established a passage running alongside the river. However, it said that sufficient space had not yet been secured near the river.
Chairman Song said, "Although the rapid response team had been dispatched by Aug. 31, a full-scale search had not been conducted because of conditions at the site." He added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had explained, "The search is now being carried out in earnest in stages."
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